VOL 26 ISSUE 33, Aug. 18, 2025
Main caption: Comerica Park’s new Priority Club offers an exclusive, all-inclusive premium seating area behind home plate featuring upscale amenities and high-end dining experiences.
Fans attending Detroit Tigers games at Comerica Park now have a new way to enjoy the action – with Tomahawk steaks, lobster rolls and craft cocktails – thanks to the debut of the Priority Club, a premium, all-inclusive space featuring high-end food and drink curated by Delaware North.
Unveiled at the July 24 home game, the 13,000-square-foot Priority Club is located beneath the lower-level seating and offers members a private street entrance and exclusive access to a climate-controlled lounge. Inside, guests are greeted with high-top seating and a live kitchen serving a rotating menu of elevated dishes, including oysters Rockefeller, sushi, pasta and more.
“There are great, great flavors all throughout … every station has something exciting,” Mark Szubeczak, executive chef of Comerica Park for Delaware North Sportservice, told the Detroit Free Press. “The food is ready; we are constantly making fresh food. We are making small plates. We will be cooking, and we will just put up plates of fresh food. It’s more small plates and we are cooking live.”
Above: Executive Chef Mark Szubeczak is preparing to serve a Tomahawk steak at the Home Plate Club at Comerica Park (first photo). Intern Lindsey Grohs and Cook Cameryn Cross serve fresh pastries and made-to-order beverages (second photo). Mike Berend (left), assistant general manager at Comerica Park, and Troy Michalkiewicz (right), executive chef at Little Caesars Arena, carve Spanish serrano ham (third photo).
Szubeczak noted that the addition of the Priority Club has doubled his staffing at Comerica Park and introduced state-of-the-art kitchen equipment to support the club’s dynamic offerings. Among the standout dishes are Tomahawk steaks with mashed potatoes and au jus, and lobster rolls served on toasted New England-style buns – favorites of Detroit Free Press food writer Susan Selasky.
For fans who prefer traditional ballpark fare, the club also offers hot dogs, Italian sausage, peanuts and Cracker Jacks. A full bar with a quartz countertop anchors the back of the space, serving premium spirits and craft cocktails, including the bourbon-based Batting Tiger.
“This new space came from listening to fans,” said Ryan Gustafson, president and CEO of Ilitch Sports + Entertainment, which owns the Detroit Tigers. “They want to entertain clients; they wanted to entertain employees; they wanted a place where they could go to have a drink that was in proximity to their seats,” Gustafson told the Free Press.
The Priority Club is part of a broader $160 million investment across Tigers facilities, including renovations to clubhouses, a larger scoreboard and a new sound system. According to Spencer Ambrosius, senior vice president of ticket sales and services for Ilitch Sports + Entertainment, the club is designed to be a seamless experience – from parking to post-game – with everything included in the ticket price.